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[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 71 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But guys he doesn't take his presidential salary of 400k/YEAR so obviously hes incredibly generous and not profiting off the presidency!

.../wrist

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

His taxes showed he wasn't donating it... So he was just saying he doesn't take it, while taking it.

[–] disorderly@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is the guy who famously cashed a 13 cent check. Of course he isn't throwing out the salary lol.

[–] KernelTale@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago

This is the first and last thing I will ever respect about president neck pussy. The thirteen cents.

[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I am Jacks complete lack of surprise.

:/

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

YOU GIVE ME MY SURPRISE BACK, YOU BASTARD!

…oh, wait, I'm not Jack. Nevermind, carry on.

(your comment took me by...... :puts on sunglasses: ......surprise)

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I know him, I just ain't him :)

But also, I know nothing D:

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Lol, rly? Not that I'm surprised.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Well it wasn't 100% conclusive but he had years with $0 donations, which if you don't donate the salary then you had to perform some other tax trickery to make hundreds of thousands of dollars disappear.... Which honestly is just 1 more problem with our system. You shouldn't be able to cloak where money comes and goes.

It should be that you own this much stuff, you get taxed this much. Donations shouldnt reduce taxes either.

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago

Over here in my EU country you can't deduce donations either (as a person), but you can dispense a small percentage of your tax to registered non-profit organizations by your choice. The US tax evasion by the Orange is truly mind boggling.

[–] puppinstuff@lemmy.ca 42 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

A) this is so dumb and obviously illegal

B) this will be so poorly implemented there’s bound to be a backdoor that gets leaked

[–] pokexpert30@jlai.lu 4 points 2 months ago

It's not illegal if it's not enforced.

[–] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

$110k a month for publicly insider trading? Once Trump is gone, these bozos will have to watch out.

[–] iamthetot@piefed.ca 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wish I still shared your optimism.

[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Yeah. US has dived in to the toilet twice now, so It'll be teabaging up and down till it finally breaks.

[–] SGGeorwell@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We will remember them during the Trump Trials that will soon be held over Kilauea.

That's 1m a month in in money that can be clawed back to help pay for cleaning up all the damage he's caused. Not nearly enough.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 months ago

SEC must be in the corner with a ball gag or something

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 months ago

The grift that keeps on grifting.

[–] OfCourseNot@fedia.io 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Probably just the normal rss feed with a fresh coat of cheap golden paint to upgrift the other grifters grifting off his griftposting.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

Probably but the 100K buy ensures it will be a self fulfilling prophesy as everyone who subscribes can move volume on market manipulating levels.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 4 points 2 months ago

Its probably a copy of the rss feed with sleep(1) commented out.

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Alright everybody, make an account and fuck up the data/algo